CVE-2025-23015: Apache Cassandra: User with MODIFY permission on ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser via unsafe actions
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Cassandra
Vendor fix available · Affected: Apache Software Foundation Apache Cassandra · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)
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Higher than 63% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions vulnerability in Apache Cassandra. An user with MODIFY permission ON ALL KEYSPACES can escalate privileges to superuser within a targeted Cassandra cluster via unsafe actions to a system resource. Operators granting data MODIFY permission on all keyspaces on affected versions should review data access rules for potential breaches. This issue affects Apache Cassandra through 3.0.30, 3.11.17, 4.0.15, 4.1.7, 5.0.2. Users are recommended to upgrade to versions 3.0.31, 3.11.18, 4.0.16, 4.1.8, 5.0.3, which fixes the issue.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Apache Software Foundation · Apache Cassandrafrom 3.0.0 up to and including 3.0.30; from 3.1.0 up to and including 3.11.17; from 4.0.0 up to and including 4.0.15; from 4.1.0 up to and including 4.1.7; from 5.0.0 up to and including 5.0.2
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- Exploitation
- Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Published
- February 2025
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